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Two men impersonate Ekiti judge, collect money to influence judgment
An Ekiti State Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ado Ekiti, on Thursday, granted bail to two persons, Idowu Rotimi, 59, and Suleiman Ogunjobi, 63, who...
Court voids PDP congress, nullifies delegate list
THE Peoples Democratic Party is weighing its options following the nullification of its Anambra State delegate congress by a Federal Capital High Court,...
Court sentenced man to 16 years imprisonment for ‘attempted theft
Justice Mobolanle Okikiolu-Ighile, of a Lagos High Court, sitting in Tafa Balewa Square (TBS), annex of Igbosere, yesterday, convicted and sentenced one...
BREAKING: Court grants Baba Ijesha N2m bail
Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Ikeja Special Offences Court has granted bail in the sum of two million naira and two sureties to Nollywood actor...
How traditional healer abducted, raped me, teenager testifies
A teenager (name withheld) on Tuesday narrated before an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, how she was allegedly kidnapped and raped by a...
$3m bribery: Court sentences ex-Rep to 7 years imprisonment
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory sitting at Apo, on Tuesday, convicted and sentenced the former Chairman of then-House of Representatives...
Man bags 24-month imprisonment for hurting motorcyclist
A Zuba Upper Area Court in Abuja on Tuesday sentenced a 20-year-old man, Kabiru Aliyu, to 24 months imprisonment for stealing and stabbing a commercial...
Mother of two, one other bag 24yrs for child theft, trafficking
A Magistrate Court sitting in Port Harcourt has convicted two persons including one dead person for stealing and trafficking a-two-year and four-month-old...
Court remands Christmas Eve armed robbery suspect
The police in Lagos on Monday arraigned one John Peter, who allegedly robbed a Lagos resident on Christmas Eve. Peter appeared before a Lagos High Court...
Court orders FG to pay $951 million to Bayelsa state
The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, ordered the Federal Government to pay the sum of $951million to Bayelsa State, being the 13 percent derivative sum due as...
Estate agent docked for allegedly duping client of N220,000
An Estate Agent, Olugbenga Awoyemi on Monday appeared before an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan for allegedly obtaining N220,000 from his client by...
Stop Tinubu from controlling Alpha Beta, ex-MD begs court
A former Managing Director of Alpha Beta LLP, Mr. Dapo Apara, has filed a suit before a Lagos State High Court asking it to stop a former Governor of Lagos...
Olu of Warri tussle: How armed thugs invaded court, chased out judge
A gale of condemnation has greeted Thursday’s invasion of the High Court of Justice, Warri by armed thugs. The Nigerian Bar Association and human rights...
Ritual Killings: Court remands ten suspects
An Osun state Magistrates Court on Thursday remanded ten persons at Ilesa correctional centre over alleged ritual killings pending the counsel of Director,...
Bus driver, conductor in court over alleged stealing of flour worth N5.2m
A bus driver, Kamoru Oladimeji, on Friday, appeared before an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, for allegedly stealing 350 bags of flour,...
Court remands driver for allegedly stealing 41 toilet seats
An Upper Area Court in Zuba, Abuja, on Thursday, ordered that a 23-year-old driver, Tahuir Ibrahim, who allegedly stole 41 toilet seats worth N1.3 million....
Fake traditional ruler in court for allegedly defrauding woman of N51m
A 26-year-old man, Moses Olaitan who allegedly impersonated a traditional ruler and defrauded a woman of N51 million on Thursday appeared in an Ikeja Chief...
Man docked over alleged shop- breaking, stealing
A 27-year-old man, Biola Taiwo, was on Thursday arraigned before an Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court, Osun for alleged shop-breaking and stealing. The...
Woman bags 18 months jail term for stealing jewellery, perfume, others in Osun
An Osun State Magistrate court, Ile-Ife on Wednesday sentenced a 30-year-old woman, named Toyin Akinyemi to 18 months imprisonment for stealing jewellery,...
Court remands farmer for allegedly shooting 18-year-old herder to death
An Ilorin Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday ordered that a farmer, Segun Adebayo, who allegedly shot an 18-year-old header to death be remanded in Oke-kura...
